Nation of Gardeners results: Tomato Ferline seeds

Tomato Ferline F1 are a blight tolerant variety that produces superb quality standard sized fruit with a wonderful flavour. Tolerance to blight, Fusarium and Verticillium, this is an indeterminate variety, for healthier crops outdoors or in a greenhouse.

Our Nation of Gardeners were asked to sow Tomato Ferline F1 in March 2014 for, predominantly, outdoor growing, thought the gardeners may also choose to grow some of their plants in a greenhouse if they wish. Mr Fothergill’s are looking for reports on yield and flavour, but also disease resistance if any of the gardeners previously have experienced problems with blight and other diseases this variety is bred for tolerance against.

Sown into heated propagator. 11 out of 11 germinated. 15 March: Pricked out to larger pots.

North Devon

30-50m

15 March

24 March

Sown indoors on east facing windowsill

Worcestershire

55m

Herefordshire

7 April

Sown onto east facing windowsill

Cumbria

90m

Ceredigion

131m

19 March

Sown indoors in north east facing position

Bristol

55m

23 March

31 March

Sown into the conservatory

Suffolk

6m

19 March

29 March

Sown into the greenhouse

Hertfordshire

150m

16 March

9 April

South onto south facing windowsill.

Surrey

58m

20 March

25 March

Sown into greenhouse in south west facing position

Pontypridd

157m

13 March

19 March

Sown onto north facing windowsill at circa 18-21C. 100% germination 4 out of 4 – Got leggy very quick had to pot on, on 26/03/2014 and then put in outside cold frame

Buckinghamshire

66m

17 March

24 March

100% germination

Guildford

56m

Gloucestershire

74m

13 March

20 April

Sown on south facing windowsill.

Moray

14 March

20 March

13 of 14 germinated.

Derbyshire

241m

15 March

20 March

Sown into heated propagator in south facing room, circa 16-18C. 7 out of 10 germinated. 21 March: turned off heat and uncovered. 29 March: very leggy so potted on deep into individual pots. 1 April: True leaves visible. 22 April: plants are small but overtaking February sown varieties in height and span of foliage. Looking healthy and lushly green.